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New Jersey bill would ban smoking inside Atlantic City casinos
As any smoker is aware of, it is powerful to seek out locations indoors the place it is permissible to mild up cigarettes today. For a lot of the twentieth century it was widespread to see folks smoking indoors, efforts the final couple a long time to eradicate smoking indoors – and in some cases open air – have been profitable in lots of elements of the nation.
In 2006, New Jersey banned smoking in public locations – together with seashores, parks and workplaces – nevertheless it stays permitted in designated areas inside Atlantic Metropolis’s 9 casinos underneath a provision of the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, which permits casinos can designate as much as 25% of their gaming flooring as areas have been smoking is allowed.
On Monday, lawmakers started debating a invoice that would eradicate the Atlantic Metropolis on line casino smoking exemption. (Audio of the listening to is posted on-line.) If it passes, it solely would be the second time within the 17 years since New Jersey’s anti-smoking regulation took impact that it has been amended so as to add extra restrictions: In 2019, lawmakers voted to ban smoking within the passenger drop-off and pick-up areas at New Jersey airports.
This new push to eradicate smoking in Atlantic Metropolis casinos is backed by one group of on line casino employees, a few of whom testified at Monday’s listening to about what they are saying are the consequences secondhand smoke has had on their well being. Staff are advocating for comparable legislative initiatives ban smoking in casinos in different states, like Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Opponents of the New Jersey invoice — amongst them one of many man unions that represents Atlantic Metropolis’s on line casino works — say that banning smoking casinos will hurt income and jobs by encouraging gamblers to go to neighboring states, the place smoking is permitted, the Affiliate Press reported.
“Casinos’ claims about job losses when legislators shut the on line casino smoking loophole are nothing however sizzling air — they cannot even fill the job openings they’ve now,” Cynthia Hallett, president and CEO of People for Nonsmokers’ Rights, stated forward of Monday’s listening to. “Their sky-is-falling predictions can’t be taken critically given the realty of the employment scenario in Atlantic Metropolis. And possibly they would not have such a tough time discovering workers if potential employees knew they would not need to work in a smoke-filled setting for eight hours a day. We propose they finish indoor smoking and use that as a recruiting instrument.”
In September 2020, smoking was briefly prohibited contained in the casinos throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. On the time, New Jersey was reopening some indoor actions, and a lot of New Jersey’s casinos had upgraded their air flow methods with the intention to higher clear the air. In a letter to the On line casino Affiliation of New Jersey, the commerce group for Atlantic Metropolis casinos, the president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers stated its engineers have been involved permitting folks to smoke would undermine that effort.
When Gov. Phil Murphy lifted the momentary ban in July 2021, he indicated he would assist a everlasting ban on smoking.
“On the finish of the day, we are going to nonetheless get good enterprise,” Murphy instructed News12 New Jersey in September. “Atlantic Metropolis is an American gem. We have got the seashore and different rivals do not. And that is the appropriate factor for our respective well being.”
The ban has bipartisan majority assist from New Jersey’s state legislature. Although no date have been set for a vote on the invoice, Monday’s listening to helped decide the following steps for Sens. Joseph Vitale and Shirley Okay. Turner, the invoice’s sponsors.
“New Jersey cannot tolerate a regulation which bans smoking as a well being hazard in locations aside from casinos and simulcasting amenities,” stated Vitale, a Democrat from Middlesex County. “To counsel it is okay for on line casino employees to be uncovered to second-hand smoke, however not bartenders, waitresses and workplace clerks is absurd.”
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Mail stolen from 6 USPS mailboxes across Fort Lee, N.J. Map shows where residents need to be wary
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Police are investigating after mail was stolen from half a dozen United States Postal Service mailboxes in Fort Lee, New Jersey, over the weekend.
It comes amid recent reports of mail security issues across the Tri-State Area.
Fort Lee Police issue warning for residents who used blue mailboxes
Fort Lee Police say Sunday morning, a resident contacted the authorities after noticing a blue USPS mailbox was unsecured, open and empty.
“They did a little canvassing of some other mailboxes in the area, in the borough, and realized there was probably about a half dozen other mailboxes in the same situation, where the door was open and all the mail was removed,” Fort Lee Police Chief Matthew Hintze said.
Hintze said Fort Lee Police launched a joint investigation with USPS inspectors and discovered six mailboxes were targeted across Fort Lee. The boxes were located at:
- 1580 Lemoine Ave.
- 231 Main St.
- 309 Main St.
- 1213 Anderson Ave.
- 1475 Bergen Blvd.
- Abbott Boulevard/Columbia Avenue
Investigators believe the master key or locks on the mailboxes were somehow compromised. They also believe the thief or thieves were likely looking for personal information to commit fraud.
Police say anyone who dropped mail containing sensitive information in any of the impacted mailboxes after 3 p.m. on Sept. 20 should be on the lookout for suspicious activity.
“Please monitor all your financial accounts, check your bank accounts. If you really want to do due diligence, conduct a credit report, maybe a credit freeze,” Hintze said. “If you see anything suspicious or fraudulent, please come in to the Fort Lee Police Department and make that report.”
The investigation is ongoing.
Mail-related crime across New York and New Jersey
This is just the latest mail-related crime reported in the Tri-State Area in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, two Long Island business owners said they lost nearly $3,000 after someone apparently fished checks they had mailed out of a mailbox, washed off the ink, and rewrote the checks.
“I went to the post office to file a complaint, and they said this is an everyday occurrence. It’s constantly happening,” business owner Rich Miller said at the time.
They were later reimbursed, but they weren’t the only recent victims of check washing. Another Long Island resident said she lost $20,000 after three checks she wrote were stolen and cashed by a thief.
“What the Postal Police had showed me is that they literally took Wite-Out and they erased the payable to,” Jean Gioglio-Goehring said.
Experts advise paying bills electronically to avoid falling victim to crimes like these.
Police say another way to keep your mail safe is to bring it inside the post office instead of just dropping it one of the blue mailboxes, even if the boxes are right outside the building.
“The only way you’re going to be safe is to take the mail actually into the post office during business hours and then you know your mail is safe. Because if you deposit it in a mailbox after hours, then you’re certainly at risk,” Tenafly resident Neil Taylor said.
Sept. 23 (UPI) — The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in New Jersey gathered 2,358 people to play catch and break a Guinness World Record.
The Sunday event at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls officially broke the record for the largest game of catch, with 2,358 people splitting off into pairs to throw baseballs back and forth.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Michael Empric said there were very few disqualifications during the attempt.
“There were some phone violations, and also there was some rolling of the ball,” he told MLB.com. “When we say catch, we want people to play to the best of their ability. That does involve throwing the ball, not rolling it. There weren’t a lot of deductions, though. For a group this size, I think eight pairs were deducted, which was minimal.”
The regular season is heating up and there is must-see action across the state of New Jersey. Check out the list below to see some of the best games to keep from Monday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 21.
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